If you missed out on the fireworks in downtown New Port Richey on Saturday — or you didn't get enough — check out the Sparklebration event in Dade City this Fourth of July. Gates open at 4 p.m. Friday at the Pasco County Fairgrounds, 36722 State Road 52. Admission is $3 adults, and free for children 10 and under; parking is $5. Aside from the big fireworks show at 9:15 p.m., the event features watermelon, hot dog and pie eating contests, live music and animal shows. Can't wait until the Fourth? The fairgrounds will also host the Star-Spangled Spectacular, a night of patriotic music and song, at 7 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door. Children 10 and under admitted free. For information on both events, call (352) 567-6678 or visit www.pascocountyfair.com.

•The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10167 will hold a Fourth of July ceremony at 11 a.m. Friday at the post, 4619 Bartelt Road in Holiday. If you have any tattered old American flags, bring them to the post for proper disposal. For information, call (727) 938-5977.

• A number of west Pasco organizations will hold picnics to celebrate Independence Day. The Polish American Social Club will get an early start with an indoor picnic at 10 a.m. Wednesday at 7615 New Jersey Ave., Hudson. There will be sloppy joes, hot dogs and games with prizes. Cost: $5. For information, call Marcella at (352) 597-5908 or Dolores at (352) 596-4802.

Pasco County Commission candidate John Nicolette helped arrange the sale of land for a business and housing development by a waste company. Nicolette was not involved when the company bought property for a possible landfill. A story Sunday in the Pasco Times misstated Nicolette's role.